Two men arrested for beating 23-year-old Bayonne man

Jersey City police officers patrolling near Hamilton Park Downtown arrested two men after seeing them throw a man to the ground and begin punching and kicking him, reports said.William Workman, 22, of Claremont Avenue and Kareem Langley, 20, of Forrest Street, were arrested at Erie and Eighth streets at 5:17 a.m. this morning and charged with robbery, reports said.The pair was beating the 23-year-old Bayonne man when his friend, a 28-year-old Seventh Street resident, ran up and began pulling them off, reports said. The officers jumped out of their unmarked car with badges exposed and quickly arrested Workman and Langley, reports said.The two victims said they were with a third friend who was not from the area and they were helping him find his car, which he recalled was parked near the Hamilton Ale House, reports said.When they asked Langley and Workman for directions the pair covered their faces with their shirts and attacked them, reports said. During the fight that followed, the suspects allegedly stole the cell phones of two of the victims, reports said, adding that the third friend ran for help.One of the men being assaulted managed to run away and that's when police spotted him being chased at Eire and Seventh streets, reports said.